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  • The Friends Blood Taking Unit celebrated its first year in December 2017
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  • Sweet dreams: The Friends helped to bring a NEW service to St Cross in 2018
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Sam Dunphy, Steph Pask, Teasantana Garcia, Willy Goldschmidt and Debbie Shaw

Local church and businesses help the appeal pass £40k

On 12th January 2015 the Appeal total received reached £40,034 thanks to recent donations made by Bilton Methodist Church, and Aphrodite Beauty and Spa.

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Physiotherapist, Devesh Chohan and Technical Instructor Clare Hannington-Davies.

Friends donate new angles for Physiotherapy

Members of the physiotherapy team at Out Patients in St Cross are pictured trying out one of three new goniometers donated by the Friends of St Cross. 

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Ashleigh King and Clare Noden with the new patient supports.

Friends help patients return home

The Friends of St Cross have donated two new patient supports for use in Oak Ward.

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Terry Abrey, Mike Hutton, Donna Cady, Kathryn Lawrence and Willy Goldschmidt

The Rotary Club makes another large donation

At the Rugby Dunsmore Rotary Club Burns Night on 27th January the Friends of St Cross was presented with a cheque for £2,700 for the Diamond Jubilee Appeal to add to the £2,000 which had already been donated last June.  

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Danielle Loydall, Derrick Hammond and Alan Williamswith the one of the new patient supports

Friends support extension of elective surgery at St Cross

Surgeons and theatre staff at St Cross have taken delivery of specialist patient supports for use in hip operations.

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Willy Goldschmidt tries the new equipment for size watched by Specialist Respiratory Physiologist Trish Matharu

New diagnostic service for St Cross

The Friends have donated a new piece of diagnostic equipment that brings a service for patients with some sleeping disorders to the Hospital of St Cross.

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Thurlaston Ladies Club present a cheque for £400

Thurlaston Ladies Club support the appeal

Members of Thurlaston Ladies Club invited Tony Cousins from the Friends of St Cross Roadshow team to their village church hall to be presented with a cheque for £400 towards the Diamond Jubilee Appeal.

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Lee-Anthony with his first medal

Long distance runners support the appeal

Father and son Les and Lee-Anthony New have teamed up to raise money for the Friends Diamond Jubilee Appeal.

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Staff at the Merchants Inn

Local Pub and businesses support the Appeal

Staff and customers of the Merchants Inn have been supporting the Charity since the launch of the Appeal last June. Since then they have raised over £500 through a mixture of activities including Quiz Nights, raffles and collecting tins on the bar!

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Out of town businesses support the friends

The main contractors for the re-development of the Elliott’s Field retail park have donated £100 and the Circus supported the Appeal. 

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Choir members present the cheque to the Mayor, Councillor Ramesh Srivistava, accompanied by Willy Goldschmidt and Kathryn Lawrence.

The Friends presents RMVC Spring Concert

Two pillars of the community have announced that they are combining to give the Appeal another boost with a Spring Concert to be held in the St Andrews Parish Church at 7:30pm on Saturday the 18th of April.

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Rugby Hindu Temple group in the Council Chambers

Rugby Hindu Temple supports the Appeal

On the 13th of March  the Mayor invited members of  Shree Kalyan Mandal (Rugby Hindu Temple) to the Mayor’s Parlour and to view the Council Chambers where the group presented him with a cheque for £501 for the Mayor’s Charity which is the Friends of St Cross.

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  1. Sixth Form Students support the Appeal
  2. Friends equipment donations top £3m
  3. Rugby Male Voice Choir Spring Concert raises £750
  4. Diamond Jubilee Ball raises the roof!

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